Kristina Winberg (ECR). – Mr President, this House should know that my Group, the ECR Group, was blocked from signing this joint text because of the childish political games of the Socialist, Greens and the GUE Groups. Despite having worked together to try and agree on a resolution that would condemn violence by both communist or Nazi extremists, those groups were more concerned with childish political games than having a statement that this Parliament ensures free speech but does not tolerate provocation to violence. Shame on them.

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Cecilia Wikström (ALDE). – Mr President, could we possibly have a block vote on the remaining amendments and speed up the process?

Marcus Pretzell (ENF). – Mr President, as Ms Winberg has already pointed out, this is a very sensitive issue. This brilliant amendment from the left of this House points out the true roots of neo-fascism, and I want to emphasise this by adding the following words: ‘this affiliation between the political and societal class struggle was acknowledged by Willy Brandt in 1932’.

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I quote the President of International Socialism:

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‘The socialist element in National Socialism …

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… and the belief of their followers that subjective revolutionary basis must be acknowledged by us’. Special thanks to Mr Bullmann.